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Board on Health Sciences Policy & Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events
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Problems contacting emergency services and delayed assistance are not unusual when incidents occur in rural areas, and the consequences can be devastating, particularly with mass casualty incidents. The IOM’s Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Catastrophic Events held a workshop to examine the current capabilities of emergency response systems and the future opportunities to improve mass casualty response in rural communities.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 144 ● ISBN 9780309177184 ● Editor Bruce M. Altevogt & Kristin Viswanathan ● Publisher National Academies Press ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 7142809 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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